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Archive for May, 2009

Californian Dies in Yamaha Rhino Accident While Yamaha Refuses To Make Safety Retrofit To Rhino Worldwide

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California, reported that Juan Carlos Camarillo, 31, of Garden Grove, California, was driving a Yamaha Rhino when he lost control of the vehicle, which rolled, ejecting and killing him.

Earlier this year, following multiple fatal rollover accidents involving Yamaha Rhinos and an investigation by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, Yamaha offered to retrofit all Rhinos on the market and suspended sales of the vehicles.

This offer is not worldwide.  In Australia, it has been reported that Yamaha is “so confident its Rhino utility-terrain vehicle will be used responsibly” that is has decided against offering free repairs deemed essential by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

New Yamaha Rhino ATV Rollover Lawsuit Filed in West Viginia

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

The Record of West Virginia reports that Brian Shears has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Yamaha, alleging his minor daughter was seriously injured after the four-wheeler in which she was riding flipped over in 2006. “The Yamaha Rhino is more narrow than most vehicles in its class, being designed to fit in a pickup truck bed as a convenience to consumers,” the suit states. “Such convenience was achieved through designing the vehicle with a narrow track width, greatly decreasing the vehicle’s stability characteristics.”

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